Without heroes, we are all plain people and do not know how far we can go.- Bernard Malamud
We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after that.
Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.
There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.
The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.
Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.
Life is a tragedy full of joy.
If you ever forget you are a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.
I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.
